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' W. J. SCOTT.

BLAGKING BRUSH.

No. 456,911. Patented July 28,1891.

WITNESSES! NVENTOR! WI LLIAMJ. Sco-rT, W "4/,

% BY ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZVILLIAM J. SCOTT, OF ALBANY, NElV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HELEN M. SCOTT ANDMARTHA J. SCOTT, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

BLACKING-BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,911, dated July 28,1891.

Application filed March 4, 1891. Serial No. 383 688. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. SCOTT, of the city and county of Albany,in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inBlacking-Brushesof which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in daubers, or that class ofblacking-brushes which are used for the purpose of applying moistblacking to boots or shoes, and it constitutes certain improvements onthe invention for which Letters Patent of the United States, numbered446,393, were granted to me February 10, 1891; and the object of thisimprovement is to provide a telescopically-11lovable protecting-sleeveto a dauber held in a fixed position on its handle and to providefacilities for adjusting the dauber-brush in its surrounding collar, soas to compensate for the wearing away of the end of said brush. Thisobject I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which are herein referred to and form parts of this specicification, andin which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improvement asapplied toa polishing-brush, the latter being shown in side elevation.Figs. 2 and 3 are partial longitudinal sections of a modification ofmyinvention, made in the form of a dauber-brush,the figures,respectively, showing the protecting-sleeve in its raised and depressedpositions. Fig. lis an inverted plan View of the latter with the brushremoved from the collar. Fig. 5 is a partial longitudinal section of amodification of my invention made in the form of a dauber-brush providedwith my adjusting mechanism, the telescopic sleeve being thereindispensed with; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a slightmodification of the latter in respect to the arrangement of theadjusting-screw for the dauber-brush with part of the collar broken awayand part of the bristles removed from the brush.

As represented in the drawings, A designates the brush part of mydauber, which is preferably made on a circular disk 1 inclependently ofany handle. Said brush part is surrounded by a stationary collar 2,which, as shown in Fig. 1, may be secured to the back ,of apolishing-brush B; or (shown in Figs. 2 to 6) it may be secured to ahandle 0 made specially therefor. Said collar is made to admit the disk1 freely thereinto, and its bore is provided with one or more guide-ribs3, which fit into corresponding grooves in the periphery of the disk 1for the purpose of preventing said disk from acquiring a rotativemovement during the operation of adjusting it inwardly or outwardly inrespect to the outer end of the collar 2, in the manner hereinafterexplained.

D designates a sleeve, which is fitted to slide telescopically on theoutside of the collar 2, said sleeve being normally retained in aposition where its outer end will extend beyond the outer end of thebrush part A by means of a spring 4., which exerts its pressure againsta lever 5, which has one of its extremities engaged in a hood or pocket6, attached to or formed on one side of said sleeve. As shown in Fig. 1,the lever 5 is fulcrumed, as at '7, in a channel-formed handle 8,attached to the back of the polishingbrush B, for the purpose ofaffording suitable means for using said brush. The lever 5 is fitted tomove easilyin the hollow side of the handle 8, and the outward extensionof said lever should correspond nearly to that part of said handle, sothat when the lever 5 is swung upward the corresponding parts of thelever and handle will be substantially alike. As shown in Figs. 2, 3,and 4., the lever 15 is fulcrumed to lugs 9, attached to the under sideof the handle 0 at the extremity of the latter that is opposite to theone 011 which the collar 2 is fixed. In both arrangements of the lever,whether said lever is arranged like the lever 5 in Fig. 1 or like thelever 15 in Figs. 2, 3, and 4., when the grasp of the hand is applied tothe handle, either 0 or 8, said lever will be moved to force the sleeveD into its depressed position, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to allow thebristles of the brush part A to protrude beyond the end of 5 the collar2, as required, when blacking is to be applied with the dauber. As soonas the grasp of the hand is removed from the handle of the brush thespring at will force the lever, whether 5 or 15, to resume its normalposition, and thereby the sleeve D will be moved to its outer position,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; but, as shown in the modificationsillustrated in Figs. 5 and G, the telescopic sleeve 1) and theoperating-lever 5 or 15 shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 are dispensedwith.

E designates an adj listing-screw by which the disk 1 and the attachedbrush partA can be adjusted inwardly or outwardly, as occasion mayrequire. The head of said screw may be located in the brush part A, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or it may be placedin the outer face of thehandle (3, as shown in Fig. 5. The body of said adjusting-screw is pro-Vided with a circumferential groove which engages in the forked endof abifurcated bar 10, secured to the back of the brush 1) or to the handle0. This mode of adjustment may be used on any dauber in which the brushpart A is formed on a disk or block that is movable in the collar 2,whether-the telescopic sleeve D is used or not.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a dauber-brush surrounded by a protecting-collar,a sleeve fitted to slide telescopically onsaid collar, and aspring-actuated lever connected to said sleeve, as and for the purposeherein specified.

2. The combination of a dauber-brush formed on a movable head andsurrounded by a protecting-collar, which is stationary on the handle ofsaid brush, and an adjustingscrew connected to said movable head,whereby the dauber-brush can be adjusted inwardly and outwardly in thebore of said collar, substantially as herein specified. 1

The combination of a dauber-brush formed on a movable head, which isfitted to move in a stationary collar which encircles said brush, an adjlisting-screw connected to said movable head, a sleeve fitted to slidetelescopically on said collar, and a lever connected to said sleeve,substantially as herein specified.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT. Witnesses:

ROBERT E. FLYNN,

CHARLES CASE.

